On This Day In Boxing History!

Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret III

March 24th, 1962

World Welterweight Title

Madison Square Garden, New York

March 24th

1866: Jack McAuliffe was born in Cork, Ireland
1897: George Dixon W25 Frank Erne

1899: Kid McCoy W20 Joe Choynski

1908: World Bareknuckle Champion Mike Donovan passes age 71

1924: Harry Greb KO12 Fay Kaiser

1932: Billy Petrolle KO12 Battling Battalino

1933: Maxie Rosenbloom KO4 Bob Goodwin

1938: Benny Lynch D15 Peter Kane

1942: Chalky Wright TKO6 Jorge Morelia

1950: Rocky Marciano W10 Roland La Starza
1956: Roberto Castro D15 Pedro Miranda

Jimmy Palazzola W10 Hurley Sanders

Paulie Armstead KO1 Manuel Baptista

Larry Rozadilla W4 Herman Beasley

1960: Ellyas Pical is born Saparua Island, Indonesia

1962: Emile Griffith KO12 Benny Paret - Griffith took an 8-count in round six, ahead on points going into the 12th round, Paret took "an unmerciful beating" leaving Paret unconscious and in a coma when the fight was stopped. Paret was taken immediately to Roosevelt Hospital, never regaining consciousness before his death there on April 3, 1962.

1970: Buster Mathis Jr. was born in Grand Rapids, MI

Henry Cooper W15 Jack Bodell

1975: Muhammad Ali KO15 Chuck Wepner

Willie Ritchie passes age 84

Ken Norton TKO 5 Jerry Quarry

1978: Hugo Cazares was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
1979: Ray Leonard TKO1 Daniel Aldo

1980: Hilario Zapata W15 Shigeo Nakajima

1983: Kentoku Nakama KO8 Katsumi Sato

1987: Frank Bruno TKO5 James Tillis

Gary Mason TKO1 Richard Scott

1988: Roger Mayweather KO3 Mauricio Aceves

Samuth Sithnaruepol TKO11 Domingo Lucas

Marcos Villasana KO5 Jaime Garza

1989: Kazuto Ioka is born in Sakai, Japan

1990: Juan Coggi W12 Jose Luis Ramirez

Humberto Gonzalez KO3 Francisco Tejedor

Chiquita Gonzalez KO3 Francisco Tejedor

1992: Yong Kan Kim KO6 Jon Penalosa

1993: Rafael Del Valle TKO5 Wilfredo Vargas

1995: Bobby Czyz TKO5 Tim Tomashek

Shannon Briggs W8 Marion Wilson

1996: Saen Sow Ploenchit W12 Leo Gamez

2000: Dan Sheehan DQ6 Elvir Muriqi

2001: Vassiliy Jirov KO1 Terry McGroom

Sven Ottke KO8 James Crawford

Oscar De La Hoya KO5 Arturo Gatti

Fernando Montiel TKO7 Zoltan Lunka

Wladimir Klitschko TKO2 Derrick Jefferson

Clinton Woods TKO11 Ali Forbes

Rafael Pineda TKO6 Oba Carr

2006: Jelena Mrdjenovich RTD2 Donna

2007: Mikkel Kessler W12 Librado Andrade

2012: Danny Garcia W12 Erik Morales

Nate Campbell TKO9 Victor Cayo

2018: Dillian Whyte KO6 Lucas Browne

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2019: Sergey Lipinets TKO10 Lamont Peterson